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Since the start of this Academic Year (2018-2019), both ICT-AV SUPPORT and the NewMedia Centre (and specifically Collegerama) have received a lot of questions concerning the possibilities of streaming to overflow rooms.

Collegerama would like to explain the various (im)possibilities for streaming.

In a number of lecture halls, streaming from one room to another can be serviced as this has been implemented in the AV-infrastructure. This is possible in the following halls:

All rooms in Pulse can be linked from one to another

In Applied Science (building 58), the Beijerinck can be linked to the Korvezee.

In Applied Science, the Waterman can be linked to the Franklin

In the Aula, room B can be linked to room C

In Architecture, room A can be linked to room B

In 3mE, room A can be linked to B,C,D,E,F

In 3mE, room B can be linked to A,C,D,E,F

In rooms where no streaming facilities have been implemented, Collegerama can help out by providing a live stream.

Collegerama is a campus service which is primarily set on making & publishing recordings of lectures. Whilst recording, it is possible to stream live (with a minimial delay in playback of around 30 seconds).

In principle, the Collegerama service has no capacity for providing live-streams (to allow for overflow contructions) if there has not been a timely made request for a recording.

When the live-stream of a recording is used in an overflow contruction (students in room Y are watching the live recording made in room X), Collegerama is NOT responsible for the quality of that stream. The quality of the stream depends on several factors:

The condition of AV-ICT in the overflow room (beamer, speakers etc).

The status of the network (availability, speed & disruptions)

Collegerama is ONLY responsible for the recording which is taking place in the lecture hall where the lecturer is presenting.

In some cases the delay between live recording and playback in the overflow room is more than 30 seconds. Furthermore, please consider that the stream/recording is meant for playback on laptop/tablet/mobile phone; the resolutions used are not designed to be shown on large projection screens.

It is the responsibility of the person who requested a live stream to start the playback of that stream in the overflow room. Each live stream has a unique weblink. This link can be found on www.collegerama.nl; please look for the course in which this lecture is given and open the session of that day. Or: go to our website and navigate to the option ‘Live broadcast’ of either Weblecture or Presentation.

When a Collegerama recording is being streamed live, it isn’t necessary for students to watch that recording in an overflow room; the link can be opened on any laptop/pc – in our out of the TU campus. Students who know of the live stream, can sit anywhere they want and watch online.

How to make a request for a Collegerama recording (with or without live broadcast):

Requests can only be made by an employee with TU Delft netid, through our website collegerama.nl. We prefer to see lecturers make their own requests for the recording of their lecturers; they know best which dates are necessary for recording.

Requests will be processed and put into our planning (in lectureweek 8/9, prior to the upcoming course period). Approval of a request is based on the availability of personnel and recording equipment.

All requests which are sent in after lecture week 8/9 will be judged by order of entry. Making very early requests is sensible, but gives no hard guarantee that your course can be filmed. We try to make our planning as optimal as possible.

Criteria used when prioritizing requests:

The requested course has not been recorded before

The request is made for the entire course, not just one or two lectures of the whole.

Jos Vermeulen
2018-11-05T15:50:31+00:00 04 September 2018|Categories: Employee|Comments Off on Possibilities of streaming to overflow rooms